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BUCKLE. No. 362,030. Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLON E. MOORE, OF SWANTON, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO GEORGE \V.SQUIRES, OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,030, dated April26, 1887. Application filed February 12, 1887. Serial No. 227,424. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SoLoN E. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Swanton, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and Idodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention,and is afront view of part of the buckle, being the frame. Fig. 2 is the otherpart,and is a front view of the Slidebar. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionof buckle with the webbing in place. Fig. 4 is an edge view of theslide-bar. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and Sare views of a modification.

My invention relates to buckles for suspendcrs and otherwearing-apparel; and it consists in the construction and novelcombination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying designates the buckle frame,which I either stamp from sheet metal or bend to shape from a piece ofwire. \Vhen stamped from sheet metal, the frame is provided on one ofits longer sides with an inwardly-projecting lip or extension, 13, whichis made integral with the frame A.

C designates a slide-bar, which is also stamped from sheet metal in thisinstance, and-is provided at its ends with angular bends D D, which formthe supporting-shoulders for said slide-bar.

E designates the webbing of which the suspender is made. One end of thewebbing'is folded over the slide-bar G. The other end is then passedfrom below upward between the lip B and the slide-bar C, then over theslidebar (Land then down between the slide-bar and the plain side bar ofthe buckle, thereby forming the loop D in the webbing.

\Vhen the buckle-frame is made of wire, the Wireis bent into nearlyrectangular form, and the ends E E of the wire,'instead of being broughttogether to complete one of the longer sides of the rectangle, are bentinwardly or toward the longer side, E, as at G H. In this constructionthe slide-bar is substantially the same as the slide-bar G. The ends G Hserve the same purpose as the lip B, there being practically nodeparture from the invention in this construction. In this constructionthere are no teeth to wear out the webbing. *Although the ends G H bearagainst the webbing, said ends are not pointed, and do not, therefore,penetrate the webbing.

The buckles constructed as above described are easily applied to thesuspenders, and are readily adjusted after having been applied.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination, with a buckle-frame having the inwardly-extendingprojection, of a slide-bar provided with end bends for engaging the endbars of the buckle-frame, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a buckle-frame having the inwardly-extendingprojections, of a slide-bar engaging the end bars of thebuckleframe,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' SOLON E. MOORE.

H. M ANSFIELD.

